How do both stories relate to Frankenstein? What parallels are there between the characters in the myth and Paradise Lost, and the ones in the book?
Take notes on the similarities between Victor Frankenstein, Paradise Lost and Prometheus, and be prepared to discuss them in class tomorrow.
Mary Shelley Biography Information:
http://www.enotes.com/frankenstein/author-biography
http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/mshelley/bio.html
More information about the Romantic Era and Romantic Literature:
http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/eng372/intro-h4.htm
http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/hum_303/romanticism.html
More information about themes in Gothic Literature:
http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/english/melani/gothic/gothic.html
Homework: Read both the first paragraph and the sections entitled "Encyclopedia" and "The Story of Prometheus" about the myth of Prometheus (link):
http://www.theoi.com/Titan/TitanPrometheus.html
Then read this summary of Paradise Lost (one of the books that Frankenstein reads in the woods):
http://www.paradiselost.org/5-sum-short.html
How do both stories relate to Frankenstein? What parallels are there between the characters in the myth and Paradise Lost, and the ones in the book?
Take notes on the similarities between Victor Frankenstein, Paradise Lost and Prometheus, and be prepared to discuss them in class tomorrow.